--- title: "1 Writers Hollywood Quotes By Vince Gilligan" description: "1 Writers Hollywood quotes by Vince Gilligan. Plus more from Vince Gilligan and more Writers Hollywood sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/vince-gilligan-12018_21st-century_television-is-a-great-job-for-a-writer-i_2698591.jpg" --- > [Television is a great job for a writer in the way that movies used to be, way before my time. Back when writers in Hollywood were on staff or under contract at any given studio and you'd write movie scripts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/television-is-a-great-job-for-a-writer-in-the-way-that-movies-used-to/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/vince-gilligan-12018_21st-century_television-is-a-great-job-for-a-writer-i_2698591.jpg) ## More by Vince Gilligan > [There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/there-are-two-ways-of-knowing-if-something-ends-badly-if-you-re/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [I do see the world in pretty dark terms. I find it colder and scarier the older I get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/i-do-see-the-world-in-pretty-dark-terms-i-find-it-colder-and-scarier/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [Sometimes when you're creating something, it takes on a life of its own, and you can be surprised at how sad or dramatic it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/sometimes-when-you-re-creating-something-it-takes-on-a-life-of-its/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [If religion is a reaction of man, and nothing more, it seems to me that it represents a human desire for wrongdoers to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/if-religion-is-a-reaction-of-man-and-nothing-more-it-seems-to-me-that/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/there-s-nothing-more-powerful-to-a-showrunner-than-a-truly-invested/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/the-thing-that-intrigued-me-about-breaking-bad-from-day-one-was-the/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [Our rational, realistic goals for 'Better Call Saul' were simply that it wouldn't suck, and it wouldn't embarrass us. It didn't rise much higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/our-rational-realistic-goals-for-better-call-saul-were-simply-that-it/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > ['SpongeBob SquarePants' is a great show, and it centers on a character that is courageously nice. Why is SpongeBob interesting? It's because he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/spongebob-squarepants-is-a-great-show-and-it-centers-on-a-character/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [It's often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It's best to leave the audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/it-s-often-the-case-with-successful-tv-shows-that-they-kind-of/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [It's like that old expression: "Men plan and god laughs." You sort of see that in the television world, where you have an idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/it-s-like-that-old-expression-men-plan-and-god-laughs-you-sort-of-see/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [We all put on faces, as Walter White does. We put on faces when we meet our friends, when we meet new people, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/we-all-put-on-faces-as-walter-white-does-we-put-on-faces-when-we-meet/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [How do you find a better actor than Michael McKean? How do you find someone who's just that good? They don't grow on trees.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/how-do-you-find-a-better-actor-than-michael-mckean-how-do-you-find/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [I was always the kid who wanted Christmas to not come, because I realized at a pretty early age that no matter what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/i-was-always-the-kid-who-wanted-christmas-to-not-come-because-i/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [We shot 'Breaking Bad' on film; we capture 'Better Call Saul' digitally. In the shooting of 'Breaking Bad,' we would have this steady, handheld,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/we-shot-breaking-bad-on-film-we-capture-better-call-saul-digitally-in/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) > [I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-gilligan/i-want-to-believe-there-s-a-heaven-but-i-can-t-not-believe-there-s-a/) [Vince Gilligan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-gilligan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writers-hollywood/vince-gilligan/#itemlist", "name": "1 Writers Hollywood Quotes By Vince Gilligan", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Television is a great job for a writer in the way that movies used to be, way before my time. 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